Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Alopias pelagicus
zorro pelágico, zorro de mar, Smalltooth thresher shark, renard pélagiqueRenard pélagique, smalltooth thresher shark
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. A small thresher with moderately large eyes, a broadly convex forehead, a very narrow caudal tip, and straight, broad-tipped pectoral fins (Ref. 5578). Upper lobe of caudal fin very long and strap-like, almost equal to length of rest of shark; lower lobe short but strong; terminal lobe very small (Ref. 13570). Dark blue on back and sides, underside white; no white patch over pectoral fin bases (Ref. 5578).
Tropical: oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 0 - 300 m (Ref. 37816), usually 0 - 150 m (Ref. 55167) Pelagic-oceanic
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Lamniformes
Family
Alopiidae
Genus
Alopias
Species
pelagicus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
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- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Alopias pelagicus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12754. Accessed 6 June 2025.